Charles Amirkhanian interviews the visiting New York composer whose Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra has been recorded for RCA, and whose larger works are finding their places in the repertories of major orchestras the country over. Lees discusses his childhood in San Francisco, and the fact that none of his works have been performed in the Bay Area. Included in the program are the first movement of his Piano Sonata No. 4 performed by Gary Graffman, Symphony No. 3 (1968) performed by Sixten Ehrling and the Detroit Symphony, Visions of Poets (a dramatic cantata on texts of Walt Whitman, 1962) performed by soprano Adele Addison, tenor Albert da Costa, the Seattle Chorale and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Milton Katims, and finally the final movement of the Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra under Igor Buketoff (RCA Victor LSC 3095)

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